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Q&A: Balancing Coaching, Career & Family With Erin Power

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Erin says new coaches will need "dribbles of time" and may build the business "for years" before full-time exit.

Erin opens with a Q&A format and groups together several questions that point to the same issue. The main thread is how to begin coaching when time is tight. She names the realities plainly: a full-time job, family duties, and very little extra margin. From there, she turns to the work behind the work. That includes writing, creating, building systems, anchoring to technology, building something, and marketing yourself. She treats that as separate from client-facing time, which also has to be protected. Discovery calls and coaching sessions need to happen when the client can actually meet. Erin gives a concrete example from her own life: using a lunch break for coaching calls. She explains that some jobs allow a little more autonomy than others. In her case, that meant she could sometimes choose whether lunch happened at 11 a.m., noon, or 1 p.m. She describes fitting two 25-minute calls into an hour. She also points out that a few lunch breaks a week can add up to a workable client load. If a person cannot use lunch, she suggests other small openings. A half hour on the drive home can matter. So can time right after work. She also talks about arranging things with a co-parent or partner. The idea is not to ask for permission in a dramatic way. It is to make a practical arrangement that supports the business and the household. She suggests asking for one hour or 90 minutes before dinner on certain days. That gives space for coaching calls without disappearing from family life all evening. Erin frames this as something loved ones can usually understand if it is presented honestly. She keeps stressing that the goal is not perfection. It is to use dribbles of time well. The episode also touches on how she thinks about programming as the client delivery method or signature framework. That subject is one of her favorite things to talk about. The overall tone is encouraging but grounded. She keeps translating ambition into schedule, scope, and manageable steps. The closing section is warm and personal, with gratitude for Tennille and a reminder to keep submitting questions.

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A grounded look at building a health coaching practice around a full-time job and family life.

Erin Power uses this Q&A to look at how someone can ease into a health coaching practice while still holding down a full-time job and, maybe, managing family life.

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You want a practical way to tiptoe into a health coaching practice while keeping a full-time job and family life in the mix.

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